Hynam, South Australia

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Hynam

| state = SA

| image =

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|36.941188|S|140.854728|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref ={{cite web|title=Search results for 'Hynam, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties'. 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer', 'Railways' and 'Roads' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.89006&y=-36.9614&z=12&uids=19,2,115,11,20,105,134,136&pinx=140.856100&piny=-36.939720&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Hynam,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=1 July 2018}}

| pop =

| established = 10 June 1909 (town)
12 April 2001 (locality)

| established_footnotes = {{cite web|title=TOWN OF HYNAM EAST |url= http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1909/29/1078.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate=24 February 2018|page= 225|date=10 June 1909 }}{{cite web|title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign a Boundary to a Place (to areas within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council)|url=http://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2001/April/2001_041.pdf|website=South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian government|accessdate=24 February 2018|page=1587|date=12 April 2001}}

| abolished =

| gazetted =

| postcode = 5262{{cite web |title=Postcode for Hynam, South Australia |url=https://postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/country+south+australia/hynam |website=Postcodes Australia |publisher=postcodes-australia.com |accessdate=1 July 2018}}

| elevation = 78

| elevation_footnotes = (railway station){{cite web|title=Search result for 'Hynam Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways'|url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.85878&y=-36.93902&z=16&uids=19,115,105,134&pinx=140.858780&piny=-36.939020&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Hynam+Railway+Station,+Rsta |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian government|accessdate=1 July 2018}}

| area =

| area_footnotes =

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 302

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 11

| dir2 = E

| location2 = Naracoorte

| region = Limestone Coast

| county = Robe

| lga = Naracoorte Lucindale Council

| stategov = MacKillop{{cite web|title=District of MacKillop Background Profile|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=564&Itemid=0 |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=12 April 2016}}

| fedgov = Barker{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Barker |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=28 March 2016}}

| maxtemp = 21.7

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_026099_All|site_name=Naracoorte Aerodrome (nearest weather station) |accessdate= 1 July 2018|date=1 July 2018}}

| mintemp = 8.1

| mintemp_footnotes =

| rainfall = 490.5

| rainfall_footnotes =

| near-n = Kybybolite

| near-ne = Apsley, Victoria

| near-e = Apsley, Victoria

| near-se = Apsley, Victoria
Laurie Park

| near-s = Koppamurra
Laurie Park

| near-sw = Mount Light

| near-w = Wild Dog Valley
Naracoorte
Mount Light

| near-nw = Wild Dog Valley

| near = Hynam

| footnotes = Locations
Adjoining localities{{cite web|title=WEST WIMMERA SHIRE, TOWN AND RURAL DISTRICT NAMES AND BOUNDARIES|url=https://www.propertyandlandtitles.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/56528/West_Wimmera_V45b.pdf|publisher=he State of Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment|accessdate=25 February 2018|date=2007|archive-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210523/https://www.propertyandlandtitles.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/56528/West_Wimmera_V45b.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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Hynam (formerly Hynam East) is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region on the border with the state of Victoria about {{convert|302|km|abbr=off}} south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about {{convert|11|km|abbr=off}} east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.

Hynam began as a government town proclaimed as Hynam East on 10 June 1909. It is located adjacent to the Hynam Railway Station and consisted of two parts which were respectively placed on the north and south sides of the railway line. Its name was 'altered' to 'Hynam' on 20 February 1941. Boundaries for the locality of Hynam were created on 12 April 2001. Its boundaries include the Government Town of Hynam and northern part of the site of the ceased Government Town of Jessie.{{cite web|title=ALTERATION OF NAMES OF TOWNS AND PLACES. |url= http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1941/8/225.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate=24 February 2018|page= 225|date=20 February 1941 }}

Hynam was on the Mount Gambier railway line between Wolseley and Mount Gambier, South Australia which closed on 12 April 1995.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Hynam is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.